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Gray Caterpillar with two red stripes - Phyllodesma
Copyright © 2008 Erin

Gray Caterpillar with two red stripes - Phyllodesma
Springfield, Tickfaw State Park, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 11, 2008
Size: 3 inches
It was found on a boardwalk railing. Nearby plant-life include Sweetgum, Water Oak, Devil's Walking Stick, Elderberry, Ironwood, Wild grapevine. The red stripes appear when disturbed and fade when resting. It has pods down the length of it's body. Feels like velvet.

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Contributed by Erin on 12 April, 2008 - 2:45pm
Last updated 26 December, 2008 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 26 December, 2008 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 25 May, 2008 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Just a guess...
Perhaps a lappet (or tolype) moth. They sure do feel like velvet, don't they? Very cool 'pillars!
… Sherri Doust, 12 April, 2008 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I know you replied a long time ago, but I never said thanks...so Thanks!

Erin @ Tickfaw State Park, Louisiana
… Erin, 4 July, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
It certainly looks like a Lappet
but not Phyllodesma americana. Wagner, pg 228, says there's a southern Lappet which he calls Phyllodesma carpinifolia, but others call Phyllodesma occidentis, but we haven't seen an image of the larva.
… john and jane balaban, 12 April, 2008 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks alot you guys! I released him and haven't seen another before or after him. I searched everywhere for identification of this guy so thanks alot for the help.

Erin
Tickfaw State Park, Louisiana
… Erin, 4 July, 2008 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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